(Happy & Well-Adjusted) Heather Has Two Mommies (lawsuit, parents, accident)
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Seems like some researchers have confirmed what I already thought. Gay parents' kids are no better or worse off in general than kids raised by straight parents. Yes, those kids can get get teased and bullied about their parents, and yes, these are relatively small-scale studies. But on a scale of gneral health and well-being, the kids are all right. My gut feeling is that a lot of straight parents can't raise kids half as well.
Those of us who have known children raised by same sex parents aren't one bit surprised at this report. Hopefully one day it won't even be necessary to discuss.
Seems like some researchers have confirmed what I already thought. Gay parents' kids are no better or worse off in general than kids raised by straight parents. Yes, those kids can get get teased and bullied about their parents, and yes, these are relatively small-scale studies. But on a scale of gneral health and well-being, the kids are all right. My gut feeling is that a lot of straight parents can't raise kids half as well.
Citylove, your words are more honest than the headline. The children of gays are not worse off, but they aren't significantly better off either, which is what the headline insinuates.
I have gay friends raising children, and think they are doing a fine job. I agree with NoKudzu, I look forward to the day this isn't considered news.
This one gets filed under "No Sh*t" for me.. I assume there are a few people who would be surprised by it, but..
Seems like a great waste of money.
This wouldn't matter much if gay parents could adopt easily, but there are still several states where it's difficult or prohibited I believe. That may be changing. I hope so. Every kid needs good parents and if the good parent is gay who cares? Not me.
NEWSFLASH: People who want kids treat their kids better than those who don't, thereby skewing statistics in some sociopolitically advantageous way.
Exactly - gay parents have to choose to have children, its not accidental, so they are a self-selecting group. Compared to the general population, a big number of which accidentally end up with (unwanted) kids, its no wonder they might appear slightly better at parenting.
Exactly - gay parents have to choose to have children, its not accidental, so they are a self-selecting group. Compared to the general population, a big number of which accidentally end up with (unwanted) kids, its no wonder they might appear slightly better at parenting.
I'm not against anyone in the LGBT, but IF LGBT parents were worse I doubt the mainstream media would ever publish such findings for fear of lawsuits.
This wouldn't matter much if gay parents could adopt easily, but there are still several states where it's difficult or prohibited I believe. That may be changing. I hope so. Every kid needs good parents and if the good parent is gay who cares? Not me.
It's not prohibited anywhere in the US, pending on your point of view.
In all 50 states, a LGBT person can petition to adopt a child. However.. Only in about 45 states can a LGBT COUPLE petition to adopt a child.
So, one of the members of the couple is classified in those states as the parent rather than both.
I'm not against anyone in the LGBT, but IF LGBT parents were worse I doubt the mainstream media would ever publish such findings for fear of lawsuits.
No, of course. Mainstream media won't publish anything that would run afoul of a morally-privileged group.
But there's plenty of far right media outlets that would publish it, just as far-left media outlets publish analogous but opposite stuff.
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